Gastric Sleeve Patients?????

I lost quickly at 1st was sleeved 2/3/14 but now haven't lost a pound in a week. I think it's because our body was in starvation mode so one you introduce nutrients it retain it. But I was told this will pass and the weight loss will start again.

I am at the low end of bmi for the sleeve procedure. Im currently @ 35 bmi, but showing precursor to diabetes and cholesterol problems. Is here anyone on here in my boat...I am 215, but would love to get to a goal weight or 135 with this procedure. Im just wondering if im alone in trying to qualify for it...I have tried everything including metformin for metobolic syndrome. Thanka in advance for any input.

I was sleeved on 1/27/14 I have lost 24 pounds since my last dietician appointment on 1/15 which was two weeks before surgery, the toughest pasrt was the first two days after surgery.. Do I have any regrets NO, the best thing i could have done. The only down side is I cannot drink as much water as I'm used to drinking but its gets better everyday. According to my physicians diet after surgery I am now on soft foods.

I was afraid of hair loss so when he told me I can take a pill as long as it isn't bigger than an m&m i began taking my 10,000 MCG of Biotin faithfully and I still have a healthy head of hair. You have to be ready mentally or you will slip right back into old habits.

Best wishes to all who have made a step to a healthier you:)

For those who had the surgery, do you have a lot of loose skin, due to loosing the weight do rapidly?

had trouble with insurance company but finally let me go hope you get to have procedure it has worked great for me have a goal to meet by the 7th 2 more pounds

Well I seen my doctor yesterday and he said it is time to remove the band. So now I have started the process to have my band removed and the sleeve in its place. Looking at maybe in three months from now instead of the normal 6 months waiting period. I have been doing follow ups so my waiting period is over. Yeppy. I am little scare but excited too. Just hopes this works out for me.

sbzehr,

You are doing great, the feeling to eat will pass is what I have been told. The first week or two is the hardest but will get easier after you get to the next phase. Keep it up!

I can't wait for my band to be removed and get the sleeve myself. I am hoping for sometime in May or June.

Hello all I had the sleeve on 8/6/13 and feel like I am not eating the right foods, I will admit my husband loves pizza's and rice and all that and i have started to fall back into it, I would love to have some friends who have been thru the surgery to help keep me on track with some food tips and that... Please added me if you would like a motivated friend as well, Have to admit i am a little lost...

don't be lost. i am eating some things that i wonder about sometimes. however, every friday my family gets pizza. i eat the cheese off of one piece. i had chinese today. i ate two shrimp some broccoli and 4 spoons of rice. i don't deprive myself, i just eat way less of things that are "bad". i am down almost 170 and have been maintaining over a year.

Hi everybody. I had my gastric sleeve bypass July 24, 2012 ? I have lost from 350 pounds to 235 pounds ,but for the last six months I have been pretty much no weight-loss . I really am discouraged because of no weight loss . I feel like I am stuck in a rut. I want to lose down to 200 pounds. Lately I have been getting cravings for candy and Sonic spicy popcorn chicken. It is like an every day thing with me. Every morning I wake up and say to myself that I'm going to start over. I'm going to be good. As soon as I take my son to school ,I drive right into a Sonic . I just don't know what To do. My willpower is totally gone . I'm afraid if I do not change these habits , I will gain back. I believe that maybe I need some support . I don't know. I'm just very discouraged. I want to get back on track. Any suggestions?

I had mine in October 2013. I couldn't adjust the ticker but I have lost 53 pounds since surgery.

I am so glad I found this message board. I have been considering bariatric surgery for many years but was always fearful of it. I have a number of health issues now that I didn't have before, PCOS is the biggest part of my weight gain problem because it makes it almost impossible to lose weight regardless of what I do, and if I am able to lose a few pounds, I can never keep them off. I was insulin resistant along with the PCOS and now it has progressed into type 2 diabetes. Plus I have high blood pressure on top of everything else. Needless to say, I am on a large volume of medications to try and control these diseases, and I feel lousy all the time. No energy, my joints and muscles hurt all the time, and I have problems with sciatic nerve pain.

I have tried and tried for years to lose weight and tried many different weight loss programs, diet pills, doctors, nutritionists, and personal trainers in a gym ... all with no to very little results. So I have just recently began the process of finding a surgeon and contacting my insurance company to see if they will cover the gastric sleeve. I have my first consultation with my surgeon on the 25th. I am very excited about the possibility of having this procedure done, but I am also very nervous. I have read so many posts and forums on the internet where people have had this done and have had great success with it. I have not read anything so far that someone regretted having it done, or did not have at least some success with it.

How long does it take from the beginning of the process to where they will actually schedule you for surgery? Are there classes they make you take or anything they make you do that takes a while to get through? I mean, from what I've heard, its not like you go in for a consultation one day and they schedule you for surgery within a few weeks. Can anyone tell me what is all involved in this process from start to finish? Thanks for the insight.

I started the process in October of 2012, and am scheduled for surg this month. I'm about the same weight/height as you are and have had simelar expierience. I can say that so far, even with the dozens of apts for medical clearnance, and the expense, it's already worth it because I've stopped beating myself up about being fat, and accepted that I'm making the right choices. That relief alone is worth all of it- I'm looking foward to the weight loss and a fresh start.

Had the sleeve done last month in Mexico. Weight loss has been good But I feel like crap. Nausea, tired, general slight pain. I was hoping to find people with advice on this yucky nausea weird feeling in my stomach. I'm worried something wrong since my Dr is in mexico.....no follow ups etc. Help please!!

Hi I had a gastric sleeve over 2years ago. I was fit and we'll and lost my weight that I wanted to. Trouble is the surgery was the easy part . Training my brain is the hardest. Now I am slowly going back to my old eating habits as I struggle of what to eat each day. I do not like fish and meat is not that nice to me any more. I need help with a healthy diet plan